Question – Who else has a child who (clearly) loves gifts for the holidays but yet, isn’t like us and flipped through the magazine pages and circled basically – everything? I am the mom who needs a little help from the big man to get the list of coveted items, and I lean in as I hear him whisper his treasures to Santa himself. It’s December [xx] and we’ve already seen Santa THREE times.
This year’s wish list? Legos, video games and… BOOKS!
I almost cried hearing that my son was slowly developing my love of reading. It’s not easy to learn to read, and after a challenging couple of months in 1st grade, it was promising to hear he was actually really starting to finally enjoy it, and I wanted to keep this spark alive.
Growing up, I myself followed in my dad and grandma’s love of reading. We spent hours upon hours in the bookstores and libraries deciding which books would come home with us that week. My gram even had a little book that kept track of all her Harlequin Romance books so she could remember which ones she had read.
If only she had been around for Kindles… she was sort of the pioneer to the concept, no?
And thus, the top gift under the tree this year will be the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet.
It’s not just “another tablet.”
Here’s why this little piece of technology should be on your list:
1. It’s affordable.
The 8″ version is only $129. That’s not a bad price considering what you’ll get (plus if you watch on amazon, you can probably score it through some of their cyber or daily deals for even less – right now it’s on sale for $89.99!). It also has 32GB of internal storage and a 10-hour battery life (for road trips!).
2. It’s durable.
This is also why it’s affordable. The Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tTablet comes with its own foam case built around it – it’s practically indestructible. But, if you have a creative child at home who still might take a for a bubble bath or accidently toss it over the subway platform, Amazon offers a two-year worry-free warranty on it. They will replace it for ANY damage. Seriously – just return it and they’ll replace it no questions asked. That’s a HUGE win for parents over some other device warranties. So go ahead, take it on the NYC subways. Comes in blue, pink or yellow cases.
3. It’s controllable.
This is the best part to me. I have full control to put screen limits, require him to do “educational reading” before games, and I can even control it from my own phone (and shut it off!) by going to parents.amazon.com. I personally set him to have to read books for a minimum of 30 minutes before he can have access to games and apps. Every. Single. Day. Our daily limits end at 7pm during the week (for bedtime) but allow him to get up and play as early at 7am on weekends (with 30 minutes of reading first of course!).
You can even review what they’ve been watching and reading.
Other perks:
Every Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet comes with a full free year of FreeTime Unlimited (which then starts at only $2.99/month after that for Prime members). That includes over 20,000 apps and games (including Kids A-Z which we use for reading at school!). This ALSO includes AUDIBLE books – meaning your kids can read the books out loud and have the books read to them to help them learn and sound our harder words. I have to also admit this makes a really great sound machine for sleep.
And the books you’ll get aren’t no names – it’s favorites from PBS, Disney and Nickelodeon. We’ve already stumbled into our Pete the Cat collection.
And don’t worry – you can download your favorites to use when there isn’t wifi.
One more thing (as if you NEED more!) – they also provide SPANISH CONTENT! This is huge for us because Max is able to work on his second language and help him grow in reading (and even listening with Audible).
Where to get it?
Amazon of course (and for you last minute shoppers out there, you can even get it in two-day shipping and still have it wrapped in time to get under the tree).
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